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doha, Qatar
Thales e-Security, Inc.
Full time
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Baseband Engineer
locationsDoha time typeFull time posted onPosted Today job requisition idR0202252 Location: Doha, QatarIn fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow’s possible.We have been present in Qatar for over 35 years and with over 350 employees to date and we are growing rapidly. Thales in Qatar is part of our Middle East business that has 1,800 people across Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, KSA, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar and UAE. Our people are working on two major urban rail projects; the Doha Metro and Lusail Tramway and providing security and communications systems for Hamad International Airport and Doha Port as well as delivering world-class In-Flight entertainment and Connectiivity systems.
JOB OBJECTIVE
To support the O&M activities on Satcom System provided to our customers, including different types of Satellite Ground Terminals (SGT), two Anchor Stations (AKS) and two Network Operation Centers (NOC).
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
‘As part of a Satcom network supply in Qatar, you will be attached to the infrastructure pole of the O&M (Operation & Maintenance) Support Front Office team.
You will report to the O&M Manager. More precisely, you will be in charge of the following activities.
• O&M activities:
o Provide support to our customer’s personnel on Baseband Infrastructure Operation & Maintenance (Follow-up of preventive maintenance and scheduled outages, Reconfiguration of the infrastructure to manage equipment failures)
o Write report on ongoing activities related to Baseband on a regular basis
o Create and follow up technical Problem Reports on issues detected on (operations, incidents, troubleshooting changes, AKS, SGT’s and problems management) during O&M activities.
o Links with the Maintenance team for SGT service testing and service status following incidents
o Updating Operations Help Desk with incident progress and issues
o Manage the baseline of the infrastructure subsystem and remote network (installation of new version releases, testing, asset and configuration management update);
o Conduct On the Job Trainings and Formal Trainings to our customer’s personnel on the scope of Baseband and NOC infrastructure (Network, Security, Monitoring) in order to transfer knowledge.
o Participate in migration of our system between Final System Acceptance version and Warranty version.
WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
‘Technical competences
• Advanced knowledge in :
o Network Layer 2/Layer 3 and Security (Configuration, Integration and troubleshooting ).
o Knowledge of Incident and Problem Management
o Networking and Measuring tools (such as Network analyzer/ Packet sniffer, Traffic Generator…).
o Skilled in IT infrastructure (Servers, Workstations, Virtualization and Storage technologies).
o Experienced in IS applications administration
• Basic knowledge in Satcom system (Satellite, Anchor and Ground Station design…).
QUALIFICATION, CERTIFICATION & EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Engineer or equivalent with proven track records in Networking, System deployment, integration & Maintenance.
PREFERRED SKILLS
Personal behaviors:
• Reactivity and availability will be required on a day-to-day basis: initiative, autonomy…
• Ability to work under pressure, in a demanding and operational context
• Ability to organize technical tasks within a technical team
• Intercultural relationship
• Good problem analysis and solving skills.
Languages:
• English mandatory
• Arabic and/or French may be helpful
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